Joshua Oppenheimer Biography

Awards

• 2012CPH:DOX Award-: winner
• 2013EDA Award-Best Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2013Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Documentary Feature Film: winner
• 2013AFCA Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2013Panorama Audience Award-Documentary Film: winner
• 2013Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Panorama: winner
• 2013Lancia Award-: winner
• 2013Special Award-: winner
• 2013BSFC Award-Best New Filmmaker: nominated
• 2013CFCA Award-Most Promising Filmmaker: nominated
• 2013Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for Justice: nominated
• 2013Robert-Best Documentary (Årets lange dokumentarfilm): winner
• 2013DFCC-Best Director: nominated
• 2013European Film Award-European Documentary: winner
• 2013Puma-International Competition: nominated
• 2013Public Award-International Competition: winner
• 2013Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2013Best Picture-: winner
• 2013Golden Firebird Award-Documentary: nominated
• 2013ICP Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2013IDA Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2013LAFCA Award-Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: nominated
• 2013Festival Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2013Nordic Documentary Film Award-: winner
• 2013Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Award-: nominated
• 2013Best Film Award-: winner
• 2013Audience Award-Festival Favorites: nominated
• 2013Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2013Audience Award-: winner
• 2013Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2013Stanley Kubrick Award-: winner
• 2013Mayor's Prize-: winner
• 2013Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize-: nominated
• 2013Movies That Matter Award-: winner
• 2013Big Stamp-International Competition: nominated
• 2014Black Pearl Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2014Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: nominated
• 2014BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
• 2014BAFTA Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2014Busan Cinephile Award-: winner
• 2014CPH:DOX Award-: winner
• 2014Audience Choice Award-Audience Choice Award: nominated
• 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: winner
• 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: nominated
• 2014Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2014Maysles Brothers Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2014DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2014Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2014Guardian Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014Audience Award-IDFA Audience Award: nominated
• 2014INOCA-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2014Human Rights Film Network Award-: winner
• 2014Grand Special Jury Prize-: winner
• 2014Golden Mouse-: winner
• 2014FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
• 2014Golden Lion-: nominated
• 2014Fedeora Award-Best Euro-Mediterranean Film: winner
• 2014Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
• 2014Special Mention-International Documentary Film: winner
• 2015Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention-European Feature Films: winner
• 2015Audience Award-European Feature Films: winner
• 2015ACCA-Best Documentary Feature Film: nominated
• 2015Peace Film Award-: winner
• 2015Bodil-Best Documentary (Bedste dokumentarfilm): winner
• 2015Jury Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
• 2015CinEuphoria-Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award: winner
• 2015CinEuphoria-Best Documentary - International Competition: winner
• 2015Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award-: nominated
• 2015CCOP-Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário): winner
• 2015Robert-Best Long Documentary (Årets lange dokumentarfilm): winner
• 2015Best International Film-The International Competition: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-: winner
• 2015DocsBarcelona TV3 Award-Best Documentary - Honorable Mention: winner
• 2015International Amnesty Catalunya Award-: winner
• 2015European Film Award-European Documentary: nominated
• 2015Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2015Audience Award-: nominated
• 2015Dragon Award-Best Nordic Documentary: winner
• 2015IDA Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2015LAFCA Award-Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: nominated
• 2015People's Choice Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2015Documentary Jury Award-: winner
• 2015Audience Award-Documentary: nominated
• 2015Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Award-: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-: winner
• 2015Jury Prize-Best Director: Documentary Feature: winner
• 2015Audience Award-Festival Favorites: winner
• 2015Audience Award-: winner
• 2015UNESCO Award for Best Documentary-Award for Best Documentary: winner
• 2015Baltic Gaze-Best Director: winner
• 2016Oscar-Best Documentary, Feature: nominated
• 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: winner
• 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: winner
• 2016Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2016Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2016INOCA-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Documentary: winner
• 2017Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2017Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Documentary: nominated
• 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature of the Decade: nominated
• 2024Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 2024Golden Seashell-Best Film: nominated
• 2025Grand Special Prize-: nominated
• 2025Sustainable Future Award-: nominated